A MOMENT IN HISTORY - OBAMA PASSES 270 VOTES TO BECOME PRESIDENT ELECT - BBC COVERAGE

At 4am on 5/11/08 via the BBC, this is how many in the UK saw this historic moment.

[@barryxf]

A great moment in American history, and the world.

[@andrewfrantz5502]

Same can be said when Osama Bin Laden was slain. Justice ⚖was served.

[@Chris-hp9be]

Trump would have froths coming out of his mouth watching this

[@billyperry5926]

No I think Obama has froth coming mouth now knowing trump is 10 times the president he was and completely dismantled obama shitty policy’s

[@colegeorge2451]

Billy Perry lol that explains the orange one’s approval ratings right?

[@nad1ax2]

@@billyperry5926 one word - schizophrenia

[@davidellis5141]

What A Great Night !

[@queenshipwomen8039]

Still get chills ❤

[@she1k]

i was too young to remember this but i went back to see how it was :)

[@leomesa4929]

Bahrek Eh-beme

[@Jeminye511]

I mean, everyone in that room knew he was president when they called Ohio over an hour prior

[@marilyncornell2194]

This was so exciting for me and everyone .....I loved this

[@jangbusherpa9282]

just love Obama.

[@alexa.3907]

And then we elected Donald Trump in 2016.

[@natsurusenou131]

According to the polls. it will be tight but Trump will win.

[@miguelarevalo4527]

No

[@natsurusenou131]

Miguel Arevalo Trump: 275 Clinton: 263 Most accurate prediction based on current polls

[@theytrebel]

I'd be interested to see your source for this prediction. elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-general-election-trump-vs-clinton-vs-johnson

[@theytrebel]

www.electionprojection.com/presidential-elections.php

[@GoldenBoy-qe4ks]

12 years later… i don’t think you wanna see it…

[@chazmbc.burchh.c.9219]

Close your eyes then😂😂

[@SummerSissle]

I do not know why white people keep saying the first black man, the man is mixed, he is as much white as he is of black.

[@lostalex77]

+SummerSissle it's not just white people saying he's the first black president...

[@salicemccool9268]

+SummerSissle Because people who look "fully" black, as he does, are seen as such, and treated accordingly - most often negatively so - at least here in the US, I regret to say. It's been his life experience.

[@ThePoacherz]

SummerSissle not according to the one drop rule! You can not have it both ways!

[@Ilovewbd]

Know your history! The one drop rule! The headlines in newspapers didn't say the first bi-racial president. They said the first Black president! If he robbed a bank the police would not say a bi-racial man, they would say a Black man robbed it! Back in the eighteen-hundreds he would have been a slave, they wouldn't have cared about his half whiteness. Get over it! A Black man was president of this United States for 8 years.

[@chatloaves]

@@salicemccool9268 What a well-articulated response. 🙌

[@luevajackson8356]

Don’t let the excitement of this crowd fool you. Time will tell you differently.😏

[@warro35]

Indeed time revealed that republican senator made it their goal to opposes everything he wanted to do to better the life of Americans..the voted against almost every bill brought before them then turn around and blame him when things remained undone..in the words of Mitch McConnell republicans will oppose him at every turn to ensure he is a one term president..

[@uspc.politics]

We still love him. Trumpist clown. 🤡

[@seanhunter4297]

What??? He was a great person & president

[@Pwilly1984]

​@@seanhunter4297exactly, he was one of the best!

[@seanhunter4297]

@@Pwilly1984 Thank you. People are so ridiculous now! Trump was NOT qualified. We have dummies & very rich people almost exclusively white , & btw I'm white, but these people are uneducated or filthy rich & want to elect a man child AGAIN to be a king 👑 to America. I'm so disgusted!! Did these people fall asleep in high school history class during the Revolutionary War Unit???

[@seanhunter4297]

Trump is so pissed when he sees this. I hope it comes up in his cell phone feed!